 NCDPI Office of Charter Schools Updates
Reminder: State Employees Credit Union Foundation (SECU) High School Scholarship Opportunity
Since the SECU
Foundation was established in August 2004, it has awarded annual $10,000
“People Helping People” four-year scholarships – increasing from two to three
in 2014 – to graduating seniors attending North Carolina Charter Schools.
These scholarships will be awarded to students attending one of the 17
constituent campuses of the University of North Carolina. These
funds are made possible through the contributions to the Foundation by members
of State Employees' Credit Union.
In order to ensure
that each charter high school’s graduating seniors are able to be considered
for this opportunity, each charter school must establish a Scholarship
Selection Committee. The Committee from each charter high school will be
responsible for nominating a graduating senior for the scholarship. Each school must submit its nominees to the NCDPI Office of Charter Schools.
The nominee information for each school
will be reviewed/evaluated and the SECU will award scholarships to three
candidates statewide.
The attached
information will provide each school’s Scholarship Selection Committee with
eligibility criteria, procedures, and information.
Key points in the
attached information:
- Each school has flexibility in establishing its formal
application process, but should ensure that every graduating senior with a
minimum GPA of 2.5 is considered for the SECU Foundation “People Helping
People” Scholarship
- Scholarship recipient information from each school must
be postmarked by 5:00 pm EST on April 15, 2016 to
the NCDPI Office of Charter Schools.
- Each school should submit an alternate or first runner
up student in the event the first nominee is unable to accept the
scholarship (if selected).
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Each school must submit paper copies of nominations and
any accompanying information to the following
address:
NCDPI Office of Charter Schools
Dr. Deanna Townsend-Smith
6303 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6303
The Office of Charter
Schools appreciates the dedication and hard work by the members of each
school’s Scholarship Selection Committee. Your diligence and integrity
enable the “People Helping People” scholarship program to continue providing
important support to our college-going students. Please contact Deanna Townsend-Smith @ deanna.townsend-smith@dpi.nc.gov if you have any questions or concerns
about the program.
Attachment: SECU Scholarship Memo
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 NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
Exceptional Children's (EC) Directors Webinar Update
Due to scheduling conflicts, the April 5 EC Directors’
webinar is cancelled. The EC Division will respond to the
questions submitted for the webinar.
The EC Directors’ webinars will resume June 7, 2016.
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TrueNorthLogic (TNL) Local Contract
Attached
please find the previously released memo from Michael Nicolaides
regarding TNL local contract. Please contact Rosalyn Galloway at Rosalyn.Galloway@dpi.nc.gov
with questions or concerns.
Attachment: Memo_Local
Contracts
 NCEdCloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) Webinar for Charter Schools
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 1:30 PM the NCEdCloud IAM Service team is hosting
an informational webinar on the NCEdCloud IAM Service (see https://ncedcloud.mcnc.org/) for Charter Schools.
The session focus includes the
process charter schools use for getting users’ data into the service and managing
user accounts (e.g. activating new users, deactivating
former users, etc). We welcome attendance from all of North Carolina Charter
Schools, especially those that do not have a Tech Director or other staff member
who has been granted the IAM Service’s LEA Administrator role.
The
connection coordinates for the webinar are below. Please share this invite with technology directors, PowerSchool data coordinators, or others who may benefit from this training opportunity.
In particular, Charter School technology directors and PowerSchool
data coordinators would be expected to benefit from this webinar.
The webinar is expected an hour followed by a 30 minute question and answer session.
Join the meeting: https://join.me/ncedcloud
On a computer, use any browser with Flash. On a phone or tablet, launch the join.me
app and
enter meeting code: ncedcloud
Join the audio conference:
Dial a phone number and enter access code, or connect via
internet.
By phone:
United States +1.860.970.0010
Access Code
664-116-397#
By computer via the internet:
Join
the meeting, click the phone icon and select 'Call via internet'. A small
download may be required.
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CEDARS Data Warehouse (CDW) Webinar
The CEDARS Data Warehouse is NCDPI’s Longitudinal Data
Store (LDS) that contains the LEA and charter authoritative data submitted to the state.
The CDW is designed to support data use among NCDPI staff, school principals,
charter schools, and local administrators. The system can be used for analytical and reporting
purposes for districts and charter schools. One example of the state’s use of
CEDARS data is to meet Federal reporting requirements.
The CDW has been operational and open to state, districts, and
charters since September 2011. To date, the CDW contains six
years of data; the 2009-10 school year through the 2015-16 school year.
Data sources include, among others: PowerSchool, Exceptional Children, Limited
English Proficient (LEP), Accountability, Migrant, and Finance.
To learn more about the CDW, please register and join us for
upcoming webinar events. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/cedars/reporting/events/.
Please contact Terra Dominguez with any questions at: terra.dominguez@dpi.nc.gov
Other News
NC Homeless Education Program's (NCHEP) 2016 Learning Institute
Meeting
Date & Times:
Friday, May 13, 2016
8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Note: Check-in begins
at 8:15 and the first session begins at 9:00.
Meeting
Location:
Hilton
Wilmington Riverside
301 North
Water Street
Wilmington,
NC 28401
Camellia &
Azalea Meeting Rooms
Session
Topics:
+ ESSA and Reauthorization Impacting
Homeless Education
+ Migrant Education and Homelessness
+ Title I and Homeless Education
+ Best Practices for Your McKinney-Vento Program
+ Social Services, Foster Care, Awaiting Foster Care and Homelessness
+ The McKinney-Vento Subgrant Process: Should your district apply?
Participants:
The NC
Homeless Education Program's Annual Learning Institute is intended for
Homeless Liaisons, Migrant Consultants, and other Educators who work directly
with homeless children and youth in North Carolina LEAs and charter schools.
Agenda:
Sessions are
designed for participants to learn about the McKinney-Vento Act and ensure
compliance in districts and charter schools. The Institute provides
opportunities for professionals to acquire strategies and best practices in
identifying, enrolling, and serving children and youth who are homeless.
The agenda will be posted to the Learning Institute
page of the NCHEP website two weeks prior to the
Institute.
Learning
Institute Registration:
Registration
for the NCHEP 2016 Annual Learning Institute is free, but you need to
register for the event. Please register here by Friday, April 29th.
Hotel
Accommodations:
Hilton
Wilmington Riverside
301 North
Water Street
Wilmington,
NC 28401
(910) 763-5900
www.wilmingtonriverside.hilton.com
The Group
Code is NCH and the cut-off date for the state rate of $67.30 is
4/15/16.
Questions:
If you have
questions about this event please contact:
Lisa Phillips, State
Coordinator
lphillip@serve.org
336-315-7491
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